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Where SAIC robotaxis run

SAIC Motor, the Shanghai carmaker, whose units run robotaxis in Shanghai with local taxi firms.

SAIC is listed in 1 city; anyone can ride in 1 of them. Every service below links to its sources. SAIC's own site has the current service areas.

Asia
  • Open to the public
  • Waitlist
  • Invited riders
  • Testing
  • Announced
  • Ended

SAIC's cities

Shanghai, Shanghai, China Open to the public

Some rides with no one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Lin-gang Travel WeChat mini-program, Xiangdao Chuxing app · Since December 2021

Lin-gang: 58 fixed stops, 8am-8pm; plus a Shanghai Disney Resort to Pudong airport route · Airport: Pudong (PVG) from Shanghai Disney Resort; free pilot with a safety operator in the driver's seat (Aug 2025) · Uses freeways

Public test rides with safety drivers began in Jiading in December 2021 through the SAIC Mobility (Xiangdao) app. Lin-gang rides with Qiangsheng Taxi are paid (from 16 yuan) and billed as driverless; the Disney-airport route is free and keeps a safety operator because it uses highways. Momenta supplies the self-driving system for the Pudong fleet.

Sources: China EV Home, July 20, 2026; China Daily, September 10, 2025; China Daily, August 21, 2025; Lin-gang Special Area Administration, August 15, 2025; Reuters via Yahoo Finance, December 7, 2021. Checked November 8, 2026.

What changed

  1. Shanghai: Opened a free pilot route between Shanghai Disney Resort and Pudong airport, bookable in the Xiangdao app. (China Daily)

  2. Shanghai: Began paid L4 robotaxi rides at 58 stops in Lin-gang with Qiangsheng Taxi (China Daily)

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